For starters, you get to come race in this amazing city we love called Chattanooga! You will receive a race bag with goodies and offers from our partners and sponsors. At packet pick-up you will receive a race t-shirt (short sleeved). Once you cross that magical finish line you will receive an awesome finishers medal. We will have fully stocked aid stations every other mile. Just a few short steps away from the finish line is our Post Race Party with Michelob ULTRA. 

* Each distance event, including Kids Fun Run, receives a bib, athlete t-shirt, and medal.

Yes, the Chattanooga Marathon is a certified course, therefore, a Boston Marathon qualifier.

The Marathon USATF Certificate number is TN19001BW

The Half Marathon USATF Certificate number is TN19002BW

There sure are! To ensure a great event for everyone signed up, we will limit the number of folks in each event.     

They do! Due to the layout of the course, our pacers will all be doing the full marathon, but they will pace the half marathon to mile 13. We will have pacers for the following:

6:52 per mile (3:00 marathon/1:30 half marathon)

7:04 per mile (3:05 marathon/1:33 half marathon)

7:15 per mile (3:10 marathon/1:35 half marathon)

7:38 per mile (3:20 marathon/1:40 half marathon)

7:50 per mile (3:25 marathon/1:43 half marathon)

8:02 per mile (3:30 marathon/1:45 half marathon)

8:12 per mile (3:35 marathon/1:48 half marathon)

8:24 per mile (3:40 marathon/1:50 half marathon)

8:46 per mile (3:50 marathon/1:55 half marathon)

8:58 per mile (3:55 marathon/1:58 half marathon)

9:22 per mile (4:05 marathon/2:03 half marathon)

9:55 per mile (4:20 marathon/2:10 half marathon)

10:30 per mile (4:35 marathon/2:18 half marathon)

11:27 per mile (5:00 marathon/2:30 half marathon)

12:26 per mile (5:30 marathon/2:45 half marathon)

There will be corrals in the starting chute. Please help each other out by seeding yourself accordingly.

Visit our online registration. Online registration closes on March 1, 2023. If space is still available we will offer registration at the Expo on Friday and Saturday.  Absolutely no RACE DAY registration for the marathon, marathon relay or half marathon.  

Yes. Our online registration host, haku, will email you a confirmation after you register.  If you don’t see it in your inbox, please check your spam or better yet add to your email address book before you register.

The majority of our hotels are within a mile of the Expo, Start/Finish line and the Post Race Party. Click on our travel page for additional information.

It's about 10 miles away - a short 15 minute or so drive.

The Health, Fitness, and Technology Expo and Packet Pickup is held Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This is where you’ll come to pick up your  race packet, peruse the vendors, purchase Chattanooga Marathon merchandise and in general have a good time while hanging out with other runners. You must pick up your race packet at the Expo. Your race packet contains your race bib and timing device which you must have to run!!

The Expo will be held at First Horizon Pavilion located at 1826 Reggie White Blvd, Chattanooga, TN 37408. The hours are Friday, March 3 from 3:00pm to 7:00pm, Saturday, March 4 from 9:00am to 2:00pm and Sunday, March 5 from 9:00am to 2:00pm.

Race packets will not be mailed. You must come to the Expo in order to get your race packet and you will need to present your confirmation email. The race packet will have your race number and timing device and you will not be allowed on the course Sunday morning without these your race bib.

Yes, but we do not recommend this for the marathon, marathon relay, and half marathon!  There will be an emergency race day packet pickup on Sunday from 5:30 am to 7:30 am at the First Horizon Pavilion. NO RACE DAY REGISTRATION!

Yes - we don’t have a problem with that, but you must present a copy of a photo ID of that person along with their confirmation email. And make sure everyone is wearing the correct timing chip if you are picking up multiple packets. Don’t get the packets mixed up.

Your race bib, timing device and bag check tag attached to your race bib and final instructions along with other goodies from vendors and businesses will be in your race bag. You MUST have your race bib and timing device in order to run the race.

All participants will be issued timing devices that will be distributed during packet pickup. You will need to contact the timer and give them your approximate finishing time and they will be able to cross reference their manual timing

Thanks to our partnership with Finley Stadium, we have plenty of free parking all weekend long in the Finley Stadium lots. Please check the parking map on the website for more info. We do ask that you not park anywhere along the route. This is for your benefit. There is also no parking on the south side of the First Horizon Pavilion lot for anyone all weekend. Please adhere to the no parking signs in this area.

All races throughout the weekend, Marathon, Half Marathon, Team Relay, 5K and the Kids Fun Run start and finish right in front of the First Horizon Pavilion (1826 Reggie White Blvd, Chattanooga TN 37408). 

Marathon/Half Marathon: NO! Absolutely no race day registration. 5K and Kid's Fun Run: Yes, if space is still available! See schedule for times.

Yes. Send us an email and we will help you out.

Yes. We take Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express. We will also accept and cash.

Saturday:

The 5K - 9:00 am

Chattanooga Kid's Fun Run - 10:45 am

Sunday: 

Chattanooga Marathon - 7:30 am 

Chattanooga Half Marathon - 7:30 am 

Chattanooga Marathon Relay - 7:30 am

We will be serving water and Powerade at all aid stations and Gu at select aid stations.

There is not.

Due to the upfront nature of event costs, we have a uniform policy of no refunds or deferrals to a future year. We know that plans change and unexpected things come up, but we feel it is most fair to apply a uniform policy to all, instead of an arbitrary line of who merits a refund and who doesn't. Thank you for understanding.

In-line skates, bicycles, unauthorized vehicles and unregistered runners are prohibited on the course. No pets or smoking on the course PLEASE! Any participant breaking one of these rules will be removed from the course, disqualified and will not receive finisher’s amenities. These rules are mandated by our insurance policy and board of directors and are for your safety and the safety of the thousands of other runners on the course.

Bag check is available for all participants who want to leave their clothing or other items in a secure, checked area during the race. Bag check is located  in the First Horizon Pavilion. You will see volunteers ready to help you. All items must be contained in a CLEAR PLASTIC BAG. We will provide those if you don't have one.   All bags must be claimed by 3pm at the finish line.

Shoot us an email and we will try and reunite you with your items. Items that are discarded along the race route will NOT be returned to the Lost and Found. They will be donated to local charities.

In most cases the culprit is your spam filter that blocks our emails, you can go to getmeregistered.com and     click on the "confirm registration" tab at the top to confirm.

Registration fees help cover the cost of the event expenses. Race proceeds go to the Chattanooga Sports (a division of the Chattanooga Tourism Company) and other local non-profits.

We are not meteorologist! These are just averages compiled by folks much smarter than us.

Normal High: 60

Normal Low: 38

Normal Average: 52

The race will take place if it is raining. The race will only be cancelled/delayed if weather conditions pose imminent danger to our participants.

We recommend arriving at the finish area at First Horizon Pavilion no later than 6:30 a.m. 

The marathon time limit is 6 hours. This is to ensure the safety of our runners and because the Chattanooga Police will only close the roads for the course for a certain number of hours.

Walkers are welcome to participate as long as they stay within the six hour time limit.  So as long as you can keep a 13.7 minute mile pace or better, you are welcome to walk.

Half Marathon - since this is a looped course the same 6 hour time limit is set or the half marathon.

Yes, located approximately every 2 miles. Please see our course map located on our web site for all of these locations.

Chip time is used to determine age group awards.

Marathon and Half Marathon: Awards will be given to the top three male and female finishers in each of the following age divisions: 14 and under (half marathon only), 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 and over.  All finishers will receive a finishers medal.

Marathon Relay: Awards will be given to the top 3 teams.  All finishers (each member) will receive a finishers medal.

5k: Awards will be given to the top three male and female finishers in each of the following age divisions; 14 and under, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 and over. All finishers will receive a finishers medal.

Kids Fun Run: Everyone will receive a finishers medal but we will not have awards for this event.

The awards ceremony for the 5K will take place on Saturday, March 4th at approximately 10:00 am.  There is not an awards ceremony for the Kid's Fun Run.

The awards ceremony for the half marathon will take place on Sunday, March 5th between 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. at the Expo. The awards ceremony for  the full marathon and marathon relay will take place on Sunday, March 5th between 12:00 - 12:30 p.m. at the Expo. We do not mail out awards after the race. Please make travel plans accordingly.

Yes.  We have some great training calendars and group runs that take place locally put on by our amazing local running stores.  For more information please visit the training site for training help for the the marathon and half marathon distances.

We have a six hour time limit so as long as you can keep a 13.7 minute mile pace or better, you are welcome to walk.

Each segment is between 6 and 7 miles in length. The first segment (6 miles) will be the start through downtown on Reggie White Blvd. and Market St. and then around Riverfront Parkway, across the Veteran’s Bridge to the North Shore.

The second segment (7 miles) will run from the North Shore across the Walnut Street Pedestrian Bridge, through UTC, and around the National Cemetery and down Main Street. 

The third segment (6 miles) will run on the new Tennessee Riverwalk and then up Riverfront Parkway and across the Veteran’s Bridge to the North Shore.

The fourth segment (7.2 miles) will run from the North Shore across the Walnut Street Pedestrian Bridge, through UTC, and around the National Cemetery and down Main Street to the finish line.

Find more information on our Relay Info Sheet.